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Ame rican Cancer Societ y Relay Fo r Life Fundraiser Race
Distr ict 6 Po ints Race
Hurricane Hills Sports Center
Calamita, Kuzbyt Hammer Hurricane Hills
By JIM P. SANDERSON
CLIFFORD, PA, MAY 15
ust under 250 riders came out to the Hurri cane Hills Sports Cente r to he lp out a very
worthy cause , the fou rt h annual Ame rican
Cancer Society Relay For Life, w hich raises
thousands of do llars annually fo r ca ncer
research, education and patient services.
A specia l 30-minute mote for big bikes and
a 20-minute moto fo r minis were run following
all the regu lar classes, with all proceeds going
to he lp the fight to cure cancer.
Dylan Braykovich led the pack out of the
first turn in the first 85c c ( 10-1 I) moto, with
Jo nath an McDermott, Frank l e tt ie ri, To ny
Peregrin Jr. and Jimmy Doolitt le tra iling. After
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two laps, Braykovich remained at the po int,
but Lettieri had passed McDermott for second.
Sal Ca lami ta held fourth, and Doo litt le was
fifth. Near the end of lap two, Calamita passed
McDermott for third . Pe regrin and Doolittl e
battled back and forth for fifth. Braykovich had
a whopping 13-second lead by lap thre e but
th en dropped out of the top five . Lettieri
inherited the le ad , with Calamita second,
McDermott th ird, Pere gri n fo ur t h and
Doolittle fifth, and that order remained
unchanged to the checkers.
Braykovich led the pack out of the first tum
in the final mo t o , fo llo w ed by C al a m it a ,
McDermott, Lettieri and Pe regr in. Just after
the start of lap two, Calamita closed the gap on
PHO TO BY J IM P. SANDERSO N
Marcus Hodge (66X) nailed the haleshot and went wire to wire for the
second-mota win in the 85�� (12-13) divis ion at the fourth annual
American Cancer Society Relay For Life race in Clifford, Pennsylvania.
Participants of Chris Cumbo's fourth annual Rolling Rock Supercrass Event
gather around a Handa CRF4S0R (awned by Over The Hill Gang president
Jim Holman) an the first tee of the of the Lake Lindero Country Club in
Agoura Hills, California.
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8 raykovich and made the pass for the lead.
Beh ind the leaders, Lett ie ri passed McDermott
to claim third . Pe regrin and Doo little swapped
positions a few times before Pe reg rin finallygot
by fo r good. Le tt ie r i closed th e gap on
Braykovich and made the pass for the ru nne rup position on lap four. Calamia held o n to get
the win, with Lett ie ri, Braykovich, McDe rm ott
and Peregrin trai ling.
Calamita top pe d the 85ce (10-1 I) podium
with his 2-1 tally. Lettieri (1-2) took runner-up ,
and McDermott (3-4) closed out the to p three.
Marcus Hodge led the pack at the start of
the first 85cc ( 12- 1l ) moto, followed by Zach
Rudy, Austin Kozirnor and Seth Rarick. O n lap
two, Hod ge still he ld t he lead, but Kozimor
moved from fourth to second, re legating Rudy
to thir d and Rarick to fourth . Jesse Kuzbyt was
fifth. Hod ge experienced bike problems and
dropped out o f sight be fo re th e en d of lap
two, which put Kozimor ou t fron t , Raric k
second , Kuz byt th ird a nd Rud y fo u r t h .
Kozimor he ld the po int to the checkers and
got t he win wi th a fo u r-se cond advantage.
Rounding o ut the to p five were Kuzbyt, Rarick,
Rudy and Mike Lacerenza.
Hodge led the start of the final moto, and
this time he went wire to w ire fo r the win .
Trailing Hodge off the start were Rudy, Rarick
and Kuzbyt. Hodge quickly separated himself
from t he rest o f the pack and had a five se co nd adva ntage by t he end o f lap two .
Hodge got the win , ahead of Kuzbyt , Rud y,
Rarick and Lacerenza.
Suzuki mini pilot Kuzbyt stood atop t he
8Scc ( 12-13) podi um after his consistent 2��2
rides. Rar ick (3- 3) earned runner-up, and
Hodge's 7-1 score was good enough to take
the remaining tier of the podium.
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HURRICANE HILlS SPORTS CENTER
CUF FORD, PENNSYLVANIA
RESULTS: MAy 15, 2004
50 P/W, I. Deanna Him (KTM): 2. Ryan Burn (Yam):
tee and threatened to take a parade lap around
the co urse be fore t he go lf portion of the day
got under way.
"I drive by golf courses all the time and think
of what it wou ld be like to tear up a freshly
groomed co urse ," Holman told the crowd. "I
couldn 't resist bringing my bike o ut o nto the
course for the event."
T he day started ea rly, wit h tenn is singles
matches. The players played to win, trying to
advan ce on to the ne xt court. (Th is helped
gro up the players by their appropriate skill
levels.) W ith the most w ins over three hours,
Chris Street was crowned the tennis champ of
the day in the Expe rt division.
"The people at Rolling Rock and Chris Cu mbo
definitely need a pat on the back for organ izing
and sponsoring this event ," Street said.
Valerie Fitzharris too k top honors in the
Intermed iate tennis division, and Morrow Fleet
kept his bike parked for the day and took top
honors in the Novice class.
This year, a swimming race was added. The
Campa Swimming Club helped organize a twolap swim race . Each swimmer swam a so lo race
40th Anniversary
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3. Seth Dolan (Yam) 50 (4-6), I. Bethany Rohf (Cob): 2.
lincoln Brook ens (KTM); 3. Do m inick Rinaldi (KTN); 4.
Corey Mon (Y
am) . 50 (7 .8): I. Rowland Pap p (Pol); 2.
Keith Mulvaney (KT1'1); 3. AJexande< Potte r (KTM): 4. logan
Ehrets (Co b): 5. Takoda Sm.h (KTM). 6 5 (7- 9) , I. Nd
De side rio (Suz); 2. Rowland Papp (KTM); 3. AJ . Krueger
(Kaw) : 4. Sean Ballard (KTM): 5. K"';n Him jr, (Kaw) . 6 5
( 10. 1 1), I. F""'" Lettieri (Suz): 2. Dylan S"''''ovKh (KTM):
3. Kyie Bitt erman (Suz); 4. Damon RurTWTlel (Kaw); 5. Ethan
Fick (Co b). 85 (7-9): I. N ick Desiderio (5oz); 2. Kevin
Him I'. (Kaw) . 85 ( 10. 11) , I. Sal Calami. . (KTM): 2. F=k
Lettieri (Suz ); 3. Jonathan McDermon (KTM); 4 . Ant hony
Pecegrinl'. (S.,,): S. jame< Doolittle (su.). 85 (9 - 13), I. Sal
Cala mita (Hon); 2. Ca rl Ja ke Eddy (Kaw) ; 3. Jonathan
McDennott (KTM): 4. Anthony Pe